Academic Policies Committee #1
Senate Document #2
October 17, 1985


Proposal:  Policies Regarding General Education


1.  All students who have registered as degree-seeking students at
UNCA prior to Fall 1986 shall be bound by the  All-University Requirements 
under which they entered. These students, however, may avail themselves 
of the following two General Education Program elements in place of the 
comparable All-University Requirements: 

	A.  One may satisfy the requirement of Bibliography by
        successfully completing a Competence Examination in
        Bibliography. 
 
	B.  One may follow either the old Physical Education
        requirement of 4 semester hours, or the new requirement. 

        Rationale:  This proposal is the most comprehensible to
        understand, the most simple to administer and the least
        disruptive of the models considered.  The one option that
        will cause the least problem is the physical education mentioned
        in B above.  The choice of fewer P.E. courses will help offset the
        greater demand on instructors' time caused by extending the P.E.
        courses through the entire semester, with two sessions per
        week. 

2.  Any student who enrolls in no courses for a twelve month period,
beginning Fall of 1986, must, upon re-enrolling, meet all the
requirements of the new General Education program.  Courses
previously taken under the All-University Requirements will be
treated as transfer courses and will be accepted as equivalencies of
courses in the General Education Program. 

        Rationale:  Students who withdraw from the University for a
        full 12 months are treated as new students who must re-apply
        for acceptance. This new acceptance implies a new
        contractual arrangement with the student.  As we would
        accept equivalent courses from transfer students,  we should
        act similarly for our own former students.